‘Abd al-Fattāḥ Qaṭr

Biography

‘Abd al-Fattāḥ Qaṭr is a ‘ūd player who learned the secrets of this art from Sheikh ‘Alī al-Qaṣṣabgī (Muḥammad al-Qaṣṣabgī's father).

His interest drove him to become a brilliant composer with a record attesting to his talent, including muwashshaḥ: “Yā ‘uyūnan rāmiyāt” and “Anta ṣulṭān el-milāḥ”; ṭaqṭūqa: “Mā ‘riftish lēh mashghūl we-shaghilnī” and “Bi-tḥibbinī lēh yā fu’ādī”; and dawr “El-gharām fī ṭab‘ihi qāsī”, “Al-ḥubb maktūb ‘alā al-‘ushshāq”, and “Yā ta‘abī inta el-ḥa’’ ‘alēk”. Numerous great artists sang to his melodies, including Amīn Ḥasanayn, Na‘īma al-Maṣriyya, Fāṭima Sarī, Nagāt ‘Alī, and Ibrāhīm Ḥammūdī.